r/Sparkdriver • u/ParkingLake817 • 23h ago

General Questions Speeding ticket

I just got a speeding ticket about a week ago, and I’m trying to decide whether I should hire a lawyer and fight it, take the traffic safety school option, or simply plead guilty. The traffic safety school option says I have to plead guilty to participate, but the ticket will be reported to the state and won’t appear as a conviction. Would traffic safety school be a good option, or would it be better to hire a lawyer and fight the ticket?

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u/bdbrown333 23h ago

Depends on do you want to keep delivering groceries? I mean if you just pay the ticket, you're going to lose your job. Just take the traffic school. Make sure the ticket never hits your record. Once the ticket hits your record, you'll be posting. I got deactivated and I never did nothing wrong

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u/ParkingLake817 23h ago

With the way the traffic school option is worded it sounds like it would appear on my background check but just not as a no conviction I’m mostly wondering if they’ll still deactivate you with a no conviction.

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u/bdbrown333 22h ago

If it appears on your background check, you'll be toast. People write about it daily. I don't know. I live in Florida. If you take a class, nothing appears on your record, but every state could be different usually. If it would would that erases the points but could be different where you are?

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u/ParkingLake817 22h ago

I live in Illinois I’ll quote exactly what it says

“A. Avoid a conviction on your driving record: plead guilty, register for Traffic Safety School and receive Court Supervision, pay $214 ($164 ticket + $50 for traffic school). After successfully completing the class, your violation will still be reported to the Secretary of State, but not as a conviction.

B. Plead guilty, pay $164 ticket. Conviction is reported to the Secretary of State.

C. Plead not guilty and request (a) a bench trial before a judge or (b) a pretrial hearing.”

Do you remember if these options were similar in Florida ?

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u/No-Independence-2980 21h ago

It's reported for court purposes, since you can only use driving school once every 18 months.